The world must respond to the cry of Iraq’s Christians

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The last Christian has now been expelled from Mosul. The light of religious
freedom, along with the entire Christian presence, has been extinguished in
the Bible’s “great city of Nineveh” — the centre of Christianity in Iraq for
two millennia. This follows the uncompromising ultimatum by the jihadists of
Isis to convert or die.

On Sunday Pope Francis expressed his profound anguish: “Our brothers are
persecuted, they are cast out, they are forced to leave their homes without
having the chance to take anything with them.” The UN Security Council has
denounced these crimes but we desperately need to do more.